On 11/15/2016 2:50 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 11/15/2016 7:53 AM, CRNG wrote:
When I started shopping at Amazon in 1999, I quickly came to believe
that their prices were very good. For the past year or so, I've been
feeling that their prices can no longer be taken for granted as
generally being lower. Here's a recent example:

Here's a GPS I'm thinking of getting from WalMart for $100
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Garmin-nu...d-GPS/49574318

It's $115 at Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Garmin-010-01...uvi+57lm&psc=1


Anybody else noticing this Amazon price-creep?


I did notice they are not exactly the same. Amazon states it has a
friction mount bundle. Wal Mart makes no mention of the mount type.

You're right, Ed, they're not the same. The Amazon model is a bundled
package, the Walmart model is only the GPS device.

Here's just the GPS on Amazon for $105

https://www.amazon.com/Garmin-Naviga...rmin+nuvi+57lm

Also:

Amazon Says It Puts Customers First. But Its Pricing Algorithm Doesn’t
Amazon bills itself as “Earth’s most customer-centric company.” Yet
its algorithm is hiding the best deal from many customers.

https://www.propublica.org/article/a...gorithm-doesnt